Perm Gone Wrong

I used to have wavy hair. After showering, it would actually be more curly and I wanted it to always be curly. So I went to Asha Salon in Chicago's Gold Coast and paid over $200. After the first perm my hair was completely straight and very dry. When I got home the girl who did my hair called me and asked me to wash it and to come back in two days. She did my hair again. Half way through rolling my hair, she realized that they didn't have enough rollers and had to send a phone receptionist to buy more from a few blocks away, while I sat with chemicals on my hair, waiting.

I paid her a big tip again and my hair is now permanently straight. Not only she didn't perm my hair right to get it curly, but also, my hair has lost all it's life, and original waves. I have been waiting for two years for my hair to get it's original curls back and .... I went back to the salon for a refund after a week and even took a picture of myself with how my hair used to look like before. They gave me the run around, made me wait for half an hour and then offered me a spa session for $50 which I refused to take. Finally they told me that the girl had spent time and energy and didn't deserve to not get paid. I explained to them that I had tipped her $100 during the two sessions and got a refund of $50 back.

To top it all, I had to spend more to get my burned and dried hair treated. She had used so many chemicals in my hair that my dark brown hair had turned a weird shade of blond and it took me a long time and lots of coloring to not look like I have had my hair bleached!!! I will never get my beautiful hair back, but I guess I learned my lesson!!!

Good luck to all of you. Just don't go to Asha in Chicago's GoldCoast.

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Sounds like a really bad time! I am glad you stood up to them though! You paid a really big price though for the stylist to do you so wrong!